Illinois High School Basketball - Arcola trounces Blue Ridge
January 4, 2022: Farmer City, IL 61842 The Arcola Purple Riders (Arcola, IL) basketball crushed the host Blue Ridge Knights (Farmer City, IL), 56-19 in Tuesday's league test.
The Purple Riders (6-6) will now prepare for their test against Decatur Lutheran (Decatur, IL). The Lions go into the Lincoln Prairie test with a 10-4 record. In their last test, Decatur Lutheran walloped Hartsburg-Emden (Hartsburg, IL), 86-48, in a non-league test.
The Knights now own a 0-9 record. They play next when they travel to Cumberland for a Lincoln Prairie test on Friday, January 7. Blue Ridge will encounter a Pirates squad coming off a 66-27 league win over Heritage (Broadlands, IL). The Pirates record now stands at 7-9.